Tractor transmission mechanism



TRAC-TOR TRANSMISSION MECHANIS'M.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I7. 1918.

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, TRACTOR TRANSMISSION Mncnlilvrslvr.

f Application led' May 17,

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I. GARGETT, a citizen of the United States, residing atr Mount Pleasant, in the ,State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Tractor Transmission Mechanism; 'and I do declare the following to be invention, such 'as will enable-others' skilled in the art to which it appertailis tofinake and use the same. i

This application is in part a continuation of my United States applicatiomSerial No; 207 ,568, which wasliled December 17, 1917, and terminated in'Patent 1,27 8,328, of September 10, 1918.

The principal 'object of the present invention is to provide in a tractor transmission, la gear ratio for slowworl'r suchas' plowing and a higher'ratio for road work, maintaining` a direct drive between the vengine 'shaft and the jack shaft at either speed; and a further Objectis the.r provision of' emergency ylowv speed and reverse gearing.

Vith the foregoing objects in view, the

invention resides in the novel features -of construction and unique combinations of parts to be hereinafter'fully describedia'ndv claimed, the descriptive mattervbeing supplemented by in which:

Figures 1,12, 3 and 4 are longitudinal-sed" tional views with lpartsiii elevation, show-- ing the transmission mechanism ln neutral, first, secondjvand thirdfg and Fig; 5 is a diagrammatic transversesec-Y tion on the plane of the Vline 5-5 of Fig'. 1v

-ishowingmore particularly Vthe reverse gear- In the drawings above brieflydesc'ribed, the numeral 1 (dotted lines in Fig. 1) 'designates an engine Vshaft lwhilev 2 .has reference to a transverse jack shaft 'employed either for the sole purpose of driving lthe tractor wheels, or used additionally foroperating a pulley to drive other machinery as disclosed in the application above referred to.V The jack shaft 2 is provided 'infboth cases with suitable differential[mechanism including a disk such as :3. to which inner and outer beveled gear rings V4 and 5 are secured, said disk and rings being-contained in a housing 6 joining a transmission housllg i n u I A pair of beveled pinions 8 and 9 mesh "maXimunL r the accompanying drawings f i vwhich formf a part of thi'sv'specilie'ation and y y Specification of Letters Patent, Pata-nterd Dec, 13, ,19211,

191s. sei-iai No;235,095.

respectively with `the gear 1 rings 14 vand 5 andare providedrespectively with tubular` hubs 8 and 9 which are rotatably mounted in bearingslO and10 suitably securedy in the casings 6 and 7 A drive "shaft 11 passes rotatably and slidably through the hubs 8" and 9 and i's y)rovided with a squared end (so,V

11 received slldably and vnon-rotatably in Y a tubular coupling member 12 whichis secured to the engineshaft 1 as indicated 'iny` r Fie'. 1. end of pinion 8 and atV the free end of'hub 9V with avpair of externalvheads .18 and 13 Vand clutch teeth 14 and 14 arev provided" Shaft-11 is provided at the inner to lock .the shaft 11 either to the'pinion 8 or to thehub9 of pinion 9,. wherebyv eitherl of these pinions maybe driven-.by the drive I shaft 11.1 Vhen pinion 9 is-driven, it-operates the jack shaft 2' at a comparativelyl low speed, due lto the existingratio between said pinion and the outer -gear ring 5, but

when pinion 8 drives lthe gear ring 4 the speed-of the jack shaft is increased lto the Any `preferred'means couldA well be 4emplayed t0 Shift the shaft' ii. longitudinally I r so as to drive either of thefpinions8and 9, i but I prefer to'lnount inappropriate shoe.

15 in an -annular,grooveformed around the head 1.3 and toV provide arod l16 for shift-f lng said'lshoe as required', said rod leading-fA to any preferred'shifting lever-or the like.-v As, the shaftin question is Fmoved in either `direction its squared end 11 -slides in the coupling 12 as will be clear from I\`lig s..1=andv 2,1and when the shaft-'in question is inait will not drive eitherpinion-S or 9 directly,

although thelatter may be indirectly driven from the shaft by the? means yetto be de-`l scribed, 'Itwill beobserved however-'thatv` when shaft 11- is 'shiftedfto lock eitherof -thepinions thereto, a directdrive is main-- tained between'the engineshaft and the jaclri shaft, even though two: differentspeedsfmay Yneutral position as seen inFigs.' 1f-'and 2, f

14befhad. Forinostfpurposes,thetwo speeds 'obtained by the pinions 8; and 9andthe gear rings'4'and 5, are adequate, butin some instances it is necessary vto employ a lower' gear' ratio vfor extremely heavy pullingl and'I is alsooffg'reat advantage to provide themachine with a reverse gear. These ends 'are lobtainedin-thefollowing manner. A spur gear-17 isliXedly mounted on the hub 9" for rotation bodily therewith' and` .i

meshes with a gear18 on afcountershaft V19 l Y teeth 114 and 14 are disengaged.

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mounted in the casing 7. This countershaft 1s provided with a low speed gear 2O anda reverse gear 21, the latter meshing constantly with an idle gear 22. An additionaly gear 23 is slidable along the squared portion 1'1 of the shaft 11 and by suitable means 24 may be shifted into a neutral position as seen in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, into mesh with the gear 2O for low speed driving as seen in F ig. 2, or into mesh with theidle gear 22 for rotating the countershaft 19 from the shaft 11 but in reverse direction to the movement of the latter.

When the gearing stands in neutral (see Fig. 1) the gear 23 is out of mesh with both gears 2O and 22, and all of the clutch The shaft 11 is now driven by the engine shaft, but produces no motion of the jaclr shaft 2. To throw the gearing into rst for exceptionally slow speed driving, the means 24 are operated to Vshift gear 23 in mesh with the gear 20. The countershaft 19 is thus driven from the drive shaft 11 at a reduced speed, gear 18 drives gear 17 at a further reduced speed, and pinion 9 rotates the gear ring 5 so that the jack shaft is turned at a much slower rate than the engine shaft.

To throw the gearing into second (see Fig. 3) gear 23 is shifted to neutral position and rod 16 is shifted so that the teeth Y 14 of the head 13 andthe hub 9 interlock.

The result is that pinion 9 is driven directly from shaft 11 and it thus rotates the gear ring 5 at a greater rate of speed than when said pinion is driven as seen in Fig. 2E

To shift into third which is the highest speed attainable by the transmission, gearV 23 remains in neutral and s haft 11 is shifted to disengage the teeth 14 and at the same time interlock the teeth 14 of head 13 and pinion 8. This pinion is now driven directly from the shaft 11 and due tothev fact that the ring 4 is of smaller diameter than 5, a direct drive from shaft 11 to ring 4, will produce a higher speed of the jack shaft 2.

Whenever it is required to reverse, gear 23 is shifted into mesh with the idle gear 22,'

the latter then driving the countershaft19 by means of the gear 21. This shaft then y rotates pinion 9 by means of the gears 18 and 17 so that the gear ring 5 ofl the jack shaft 2 is reversely driven at slow speed.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be obvious that T have provided a rcomparatively simple and inexpensive tractor transmission mechanism by which the two speeds required for ordinary work (second and third) may be attained with a direct drive from the engine shaft to the jack shaft, and by which an emergency low speed and re- 'verse may be attained when required. The

ychanges which occasion may dictate.

I claim: f

ln a transmission, a housing, a jack shaft, a disk carried by said jackshaft in the housing and having inner and outer concentric gear rings, bearings in said housing, sleeves rotatably mounted in said bearings, a pinion carried by one of said sleeves and meshing with the inner gear ring and provided with a clutch element, a sleeve rotatably mounted in the other bearing and having a pinion at one end meshing with the outer gear ring and a pinion at its other end having a clutch element, a driven shaft slidably and rotatably passing through the sleeves and pinions, a clutch element upon the end of the driven shaft for engaging the clutch element of the first pinion when thel driven shaft is moved in one direction, a clutch element intermediate the length of the driven shaft for engaging the clutch element of the pinion carried by the second sleeveY when the driven shaft is moved longitudinally in an opposite direction, a countershaft, a pinion Acarried by the countershaft and meshing with thev clutch carrying pinion.

yupon the driven shaft for selective engagement with the idler gear and second spaced gear of the countershaft to rotate the Countershaft in a predetermined direction.

ln testimony whereof T have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE IRA GARGETT.

Vitnesses JOHN W. GLAss, CARL E. GALLAGHER. 

